I actually just had my very first taste of real-life anti-brony last Thursday. It bothered me all weekend, and I've really only now come to terms with it. :/
I have a Pinkie Pie screensaver, where she bounces across the screen, and then walks closer and smiles at you. After another couple of seconds, she backs up and throws herself at the screen. Frankly, I find it adorable, and I have my computer set to go into 'sleep' mode every five minutes, so I can see the screensaver as much as possible.
Well, I had my back to the door in the college tutoring center, and one of the tutors came over to talk to me. He's a friend of my brother's, and one of the geekiest kids in the college, so I figured my brother had told him about my absolute adoration for all things sci-fi. Turns out he was just randomly walking over to me, and struck up a conversation about MMO's, Marvel comics, and geekdom in general.
Once my screensaver came on, he took one look at it and went, "That is the most obnoxious thing ever," and proceeded to laugh under his breath at me whenever it came onscreen. I felt hideously embarrassed, and defended the show by saying it was a well-paced children's show, something I like to watch to unwind. He still proceeded to go, "Wow..." every time he saw me glance at Pinkie Pie, and by the end of the conversation I was feeling very cross.
Out of pure irritation, I kept him on his toes about all things comic books and video game related, which took him by surprise I think. But still. I thought girls had it easier too, since it's a show originally made for girls, but I guess not.
My family is really understanding about it, they actually think it's pretty cute that I still watch kids shows, know all the lyrics of the songs, and act out scenes while I'm doing the dishes. But I guess the rest of the world isn't as understanding. :/
Oh well. I'm not as upset about it as I was over the weekend.